Finished ‘The Walking Dead Volume 1′ on the bus this morning. It follows Rick, a police officer in a small town, who wakes from a coma in an abandonded hospital to a zombified public. I know what you’re thinking, “that sounds awfully like 28 Days Later”, trust me the rest of it isn’t. I got through it quite quickly but the story is sharp and the artwork is stunning (by Tony Moore). There’s something like 8 volumes so I’ve got lots to get through.
As is said on Allan’s blog today, we’re asking fans of good radio and specifically Rick’s show to email complaints@rte.ie today. Here’s a bit of background if you’re not familiar with what they’ve done to his show. Now I know there’s only two hours of today left (I got in the door an hour ago) but even if your reading this on Wednesday your email will have some affect. There’s been quite a concerted campaign over this and rightly so. AJ has even put all of the responses together in an e-book format for easy reading. A Facebook group of 300+ people, numerous emails, lots of blog posts and press articles should not be ignored. The email I sent a few days ago is listed in the extended entry.
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Gansta rapping with Bert & Ernie:
Jimmy Kimmel’s crew go to work with unnecessary censorship:
Went for a walk a couple of weeks ago down by the Liffey and took these shots. Yes, there are two. I forgot about Friday Photo last week.
The easy to way to cross the road:
Toccarahepdoreclamadelia from Alex Morris on Vimeo.
(via Graham Linehan)